Challenging Concepts in Neurosurgery

Edited by Robin Bhatia, Consultant Spinal Neurosurgeon, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK, and Ian Sabin, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Barts and the London NHS Trust, London, UK

Robin Bhatia is a Consultant Spinal Neurosurgeon working in The Great Western Hospital and Oxford University Hospital. He started to write and edit this book when he was an ST7 neurosurgical trainee in the London Deanery. His clinical practice is now exclusively spinal surgery, but his doctorate research investigated traumatic brain injury.

Ian Sabin is a Consultant Neurosurgeon at St Barts and the Royal London NHS Trust and at The Wellington Hospital. He is Director of the London Gamma Knife Centre at St Barts Hospital and Neurosurgical Tutor to the Royal College of Surgeons of England. His clinical interests include Skull Base Surgery (Acoustic Neuromas, Pituitary Tumours, and Trigeminal Neuralgia), Neuro-Oncology, Cervical Spine Surgery and Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. He also holds a research interest in endoscopic minimally invasive neurosurgery.

Nick Borg, Department of Neurosurgery, Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, Hampshire, UK

Angelos G. Kolias, Clinical Research Associate, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair and Neurosurgery Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Thomas Santarius, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK

Peter Hutchinson, Professor of Neurosurgery, NIHR Research Professor, University of Cambridge, Academic Division of Neurosurgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK

Mohammed Awad, George Pickard Clinical Research Fellow, Imperial College London, London, UK

Kevin O'Neill, Consultant neurosurgeon, Charing Cross, St Mary's and Hammersmith hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK

Eoin Fenton, Combined Spine Fellow, University of Calgary Spine Program, Department of Surgery, Health Sciences Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Ciaran Bolger, Professor of Clinical Neuroscience, RCSI, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Ruth-Mary deSouza, ST4 neurosurgery registrar on South Thames London Neurosurgery training programme, Department of Neurosurgery, King's College Hospital, London, UK

David Choi, Substantive consultant neurosurgeon, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, London, UK

Victoria Wykes, Institute of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK

Anna Miserocchi, Institute of Neurology, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK

Andrew McEvoy, Consultant Neurosurgeon, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery and Institute of Neurology, London, UK

Martin M. Tisdall, Consultant in Paediatric Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, NHS Foundation Trust, Great Ormond Street, London, UK

Greg James, Department of Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, NHS Foundation Trust, Great Ormond Street, London, UK

Dominic N. P. Thompson, Consultant in Paediatric Neurosurgery, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, NHS Foundation Trust, Great Ormond Street, London, UK

David Sayer, The Department of Neurosurgery, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial Healthcare, Fulham Palace Road, London, UK

Raghu Vindindlacheruvu, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Spire Hartswood private hospital in Brentwood, and Spire Roding Hospital in Redbridge, Essex, UK

Robin Bhatia, Consultant Spinal Neurosurgeon, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK

Ian Sabin, Consultant Neurosurgeon at St Barts and the Royal London NHS Trust and at The Wellington Hospital, London, UK

Patrick Grover, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, London, UK

Robert Bradford, Consultant Neurosurgeon, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, London, UK

Adel Helmy, Specialist Registrar Neurosurgery, Chief Resident Neurosciences, Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, and Department of Neurosurgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals Trust, Cambridge, UK

Peter J. Hutchinson, NIHR Research Professor at the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge and Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK

Ciaran Scott Hill, Neurosurgery Registrar, The Royal London Hospital, London, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience, University College London, Prehospital Care Physician, London's Air Ambulance, London, UK

George Samandouras, Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, London, UK

Jonathan A. Hyam, Oxford Functional Neurosurgery, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK

Alexander L. Green, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Oxford University, Oxford, UK

Tipu Z. Aziz, Professor of Neurosurgery, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Oxford University, Oxford, UK

Alessandro Paluzzi, Department of Neurological Surgery, UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Paul Gardner, Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery, Executive Vice Chairman, Surgical Services, Co-Director, Center for Skull Base Surgery, UPMC Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, MA, USA

Isaac Phang, Specialty Registrar in Neurosurgery, Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Glasgow, UK

Nigel Suttner, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Department of Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Glasgow, UK

Melissa C. Werndle, Department of Neurosurgery, St. George's University of London, London, UK

Henry Marsh, Senior Consultant Neurosurgeon, St George's Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK

Adrian Casey, Consultant Neurosurgeon, The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore (Spinal Unit) and The National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, London, UK

Ellie Broughton, South West Neurosurgical Centre, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK

Nick Haden, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK

Harith Akram, Victor Horsley Department of Neurosurgery, The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK

Mary Murphy, Neurosurgical Tutor at the Royal College of Surgeons, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, London, UK

Sophie J. Camp, Neurosurgery ST8, Department of Neurosurgery, Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, London, UK

Rolfe Birch, Consultant in Charge, War Nerve Injuries Clinic at the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre, Headley Court, Leatherhead, UK

Peter Bodkin, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, UK

Patrick Statham, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Spire Edinburgh Hospitals, Edinburgh, UK

Deepti Bhargava, Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool, UK

Michael D. Jenkinson, Consultant Neurosurgeon at The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK

Jinendra Ekanayake, Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London, London, UK

Neil Kitchen, Consultant Neurosurgeon, National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery and Institute of Neurology, London, UK

"Little nuggets of wisdom disguised as clinical tips and learning points gleaned from years of experience offer very realistic advice on clinical management... Medical students interested in Neurosurgery would find this a helpful resource." - Ian Koh, North Wing Magazine